> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://animoia.gitbook.io/animoia-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://animoia.gitbook.io/animoia-docs/guide/color-panel.md). # Color panel The Inspector's Color panel is an always-available quick picker for solid colors: a hue ring with a saturation/brightness triangle, a hex field, an eyedropper, and the project's swatches, all aimed at whatever the selection's Fill or Stroke currently is. ## How it differs from the Color window Clicking a paint swatch in the properties list opens the floating **Color window**, which edits one property of one layer and offers the full paint model — gradients, gradient stops, and "none". The Color panel is the quick counterpart: solid colors only, but always on screen and aimed at the current selection. Both write through the same path, so an edit in the panel scopes to a text selection and fans out across a multi-layer selection exactly as it does in the window. Choosing a solid color in the panel will replace a gradient fill. ## The loaded brush With nothing selected, the panel is not inert. The wheel then edits the *armed* fill and stroke — the colors new shapes, paths, and text are created with, like the loaded brush of a traditional paint program. Set the color first, then draw, and the new layer arrives already the right color. ## Fill and stroke targets A combined Fill/Stroke target selects which of the two the wheel and hex field drive. A checkerboard behind a swatch means transparency, and the **none** control clears the paint entirely rather than setting it to transparent black. ## Eyedropper The eyedropper samples a color from the screen. Where the operating system provides a native screen picker, Animoia uses it — that path samples the final composited image, including text, images, shadows, and content outside the application window, and brings its own magnifier. Some Linux desktops restrict screen capture, in which case sampling is limited to the Animoia window. Otherwise Animoia falls back to an in-app overlay. Clicks inside the composition are resolved by sampling the rendered canvas directly; clicks elsewhere in the interface are resolved against the interface itself. Press `Escape` to cancel picking. ## Swatches Save the current color as a project swatch with the add button, click a swatch to apply it, and right-click one for its actions, including removal. Swatches are stored with the project in the order you added them, so a palette travels with the file. Alpha is kept, which means the same RGB at two different opacities counts as two distinct swatches. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://animoia.gitbook.io/animoia-docs/guide/color-panel.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.